Like I mentioned to a few of the commenters, I just needed to sit down and hammer out these mother chuckers and I finally did it. Unfortunately, I couldn’t do any better then covering a 12 team, $200 auction set up cuz the task is daunting and I was thoroughly daunted, y’all. That said, I think it’s fair to say that if you want to get a feel for how I value these guys in, say, a 14 team league, take a price of a player from this auction set up. Let’s just pull a value out of the hat and go with Demaryius Thomas at $38. Take the total auction dollar amount available in the league for my auction values – which is $2400 – and divide DT’s $38 price tag by it to find a percentage. Now take that percentage and multiply it by the total amount available in your auction league. Let’s say it’s a 14 team one which would be $2800. That puts Demaryius at roughly a $44 price tag. Now this won’t be exact nor perfect but it’ll put you in range. Keep in mind my pricing comes with a standard auction draft strategy associated which I’ll cover tomorrow so don’t go off the rails on me saying how I wouldn’t get AP or Doug Martin at that price. These are things I already know and I’ll explain tomorrow. These are my values which come with a draft strategy associated and it would feel weird giving you a price I’d never personally pay. We clear? Good, the next point is I put guys in tiers. Would be a bit weird for me to price them apart from each other even if it were only 1 or 2 dollars. If I say I value guys the same, I really mean it. And finally, you’re gonna wonder how I price DEF and K. Well, I didn’t post them because they’re valued the same to me. Spend 2 bucks on them total in the draft. Felt silly to post them all with a 1 next to them. So with that, let’s take a look at the Auction Draft Values for a 12 team league, $200 budget for 2013 Fantasy Football…fooled! I can’t let you carry on without taking a look at signing up for our Razzball Commenter Leagues. Cool thing is, you don’t even have to comment to play. You could just silently read and we’ll never know who you are. But how much fun would that be? But I digress, that link takes you to all you need to know to make it into our silly little game. Now back to your Auction prices, brosephs.

You’d still pay $35 for Gronk this year? Also is this based on PPR setting or regular? I also feel like CJ spiller should be upgraded into that Tier above. Also, getting afraid of Ray Rice with all the Bernard Pierce talk. Very good list though, thanks.

What’s a better set up for first 3 rounds, especially near the turn like that? I have Kaepernick as my keeper in the 8th. If AP doesn’t for some strange reason go 1, then obviously…..If Martin is not a keeper (that team is deciding between him or Demarius Thomas) then him….Foster is a keeper, Lynch is a keeper…….so realistically my 2 pick is between Charles and Rice

Better to go Charles/Rice then back it up with say Julio/Demarious/Roddy type followed by say Murray/DMC in rd 3 or

I have back to back picks at the end of the first round of my keeper league draft. Only 3 people are picking ahead of me. I am keeping megatron, luck, d wilson and gronk. I want to take either a back and reciever or 2 backs. Marshall and Andre Johnson will most likely be there. Should I take a top reciever and maybe Steven Jackson or Steven Ridley or go with 2 backs? If I do go with 2 backs, should I take 2 safe picks (Jackson or Ridley) or go with a safe pick and high upside guy (Lamar Miller)?

@Sky: My balls, so the baby’s mama asked me again when I’m leaving for Oregon, I hope she understands that I’m coming back. I can turn my road trip into an article where I take some Bourdain-esque approach and interview you for the readers, I can call it Razz on the Road

12-team keeper league. Would you keep Graham at $32 if it meant he was undroppable until after 2014. I’d be locked in to paying $37 at next year’s auction for him. FWIW, I’m already locked in for McCoy at $50 for 2013 (undroppable).

@Sky: Other options? I could throw him back in the player pool for the auction. Or I could try to trade him pre-draft. I had some interest in a Chris Ivory ($11 keeper) for Graham trade. Would you take that? Ivory could be dropped at any time.

Do whole leagues use values like this? I play in a couple 12 team leagues and would not be able to buy a single top 15 RB or WR at these prices. I’ve had middling success with buying lots of decent options and hitting some guys big, but I find blue chip players to be worth it in FFB and guys like Peterson are sure to go for $60 this year.

Auction values are always personal. The reason I only go as high as $48 is that’s my personal cutoff for a 12 team $200 auction per my auction draft strategy post. I don’t think putting $60 into one player – especially at a high injury risk position like RB – is wise.

That’s the beauty of auction, really. I can’t answer that question straight because auction makes you put your money where your mouth is. I really like Chris Ivory this year. Many sites value him at $12-15. I’d pay as much as $25 for his services this year. I’d strongly suggest you look at my auction draft strategy here to get a feel for how I go about my draft. It won’t tell you over/under valuing of players but it’ll give you a sense of how to guard your money without losing out: